What do critics say about New Citizenship Act?

As the Act does not make illegal Muslim immigrants eligible for Indian citizenship, critics argue that it is discriminatory. As the Act singles out Muslims who constitute nearly 15% of the country’s population, they say the Act is communal in nature.

The Act violates the fundamental Right to Equality guaranteed by the Constitution and intends to grant citizenship to a section of illegal immigrants by making exclusion on the basis of religion, they say.

Undocumented immigrants from other neighbouring countries, particularly Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, and the Maldives, find no place in the Act. This has also come under sharp criticism.

 

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